Helfenbein Fellows Newnam Obituaries: Local Notices & Records Guide

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Maryland Eastern Shore • Local funeral notices

Find Fellows, Helfenbein & Newnam Obituaries and Funeral Service Details

Searching for a recent obituary from Fellows, Helfenbein & Newnam Funeral Home? Start with its official obituary listings. Search by name, date or funeral-home location, then open the individual memorial to confirm visitation, burial, flowers and other arrangements.

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Reviewed October 15, 2026 • Independent guide, not a funeral-home website

Quick Answer: Where Should You Start?

Find a recent obituary

Use the official FHN obituary page, which supports name, date, location and A–Z searches.

Confirm an upcoming service

Open the funeral home’s Upcoming Services calendar, then check the individual memorial for changes.

Contact a local chapel

Choose Centreville, Chester, Chestertown or Easton. The related Fellows Family Funeral Home is in Millington.

Obtain a death certificate

Use the Maryland Vital Statistics Administration or the local health department permitted to issue the record.

Name spelling: The official name is Fellows, Helfenbein & Newnam Funeral Home. Searches for “Helfenbein Fellows Newnam” or “Fellows Helfenbein Newnam obituaries” generally refer to this provider.

How to Search Fellows, Helfenbein & Newnam Recent Obituaries

The funeral home’s website provides a searchable obituary list. You can search a full or partial name and refine results by date, location or surname letter.

1. Open the official obituary page. Use the provider’s own memorial listing.

2. Search the name. Enter the person’s full name or last name in “Find by Name.”

3. Change the sort order. Use Date of Death or another available sorting option.

4. Filter by funeral-home location. Check the location menu if you know Centreville, Chester, Chestertown or Easton.

5. Try A–Z browsing. Select the first letter of the person’s surname.

6. Open the complete obituary. Compare family, location, age and dates before sharing or using service details.

Official Fellows, Helfenbein & Newnam Obituaries Name, date, location and A–Z browsing, plus complete memorial notices.

Publication timing: The funeral-home site changes as new memorials are added. This guide does not reproduce a live list of deceased persons, and a search-result date should not be confused with a funeral-service date.

Check Upcoming Visitation, Funeral and Burial Services

Fellows, Helfenbein & Newnam maintains a separate Upcoming Services page. This is useful when you know the name but need the service date, venue or cemetery location.

1. Open Upcoming Services.

2. Locate the person’s name in the schedule.

3. Read each event separately: visitation, service, memorial or burial.

4. Check the venue’s address, not just the funeral home’s address.

5. Open “View full details” for the memorial.

6. Call the handling chapel when the schedule is unclear or the service is approaching.

Official Upcoming Services Calendar Scheduled services, venue addresses and links to individual memorials.

Local tip: An Eastern Shore funeral may be held in a church or other venue in one town, while burial takes place in another. Confirm visitation, ceremony and cemetery addresses separately.

All Verified Funeral Home Locations, Addresses and Phones

Use the branch named in the obituary. The website includes four Fellows, Helfenbein & Newnam locations and a related Fellows Family Funeral Home location.

Centreville

Fellows, Helfenbein & Newnam Funeral Home
408 South Liberty Street
Centreville, MD 21617

Phone: 410-758-1151

Queen Anne’s County location.

Chester

Fellows, Helfenbein & Newnam Funeral Home
106 Shamrock Road
Chester, MD 21619

Phone: 410-643-2226

Kent Island / Queen Anne’s County area.

Chestertown

Fellows, Helfenbein & Newnam Funeral Home
130 Speer Road
Chestertown, MD 21620

Phone: 410-778-0055

Kent County location.

Easton

Fellows, Helfenbein & Newnam Funeral Home
200 South Harrison Street
Easton, MD 21601

Phone: 410-822-3131

Talbot County location.

Millington

Fellows Family Funeral Home
370 West Cypress Street
Millington, MD 21651

Phone: 410-928-5311

Related funeral-home listing. Confirm which location handles the memorial.

Which branch should you call?

If the obituary names a particular location, call that branch first. If it only displays the general funeral-home name, provide the deceased person’s full name and ask which office handles the arrangements.

Official Facilities and Directions Current branch addresses and location information.

How to Verify You Found the Correct Memorial

Check	Compare	Why it helps
Name	Full name, initials, nickname or previous surname.	Avoid confusion between people with similar names.
Dates	Date of death, age, birth year and notice date.	Separates recent and historic notices.
Family	Spouse, parents, children and siblings.	Useful when names are common.
Community	Centreville, Chester, Chestertown, Easton, Millington or other Eastern Shore ties.	The person’s home and funeral chapel may differ.
Service	Church, funeral-home branch and cemetery.	Helps verify the correct arrangements.

Do not share an unverified death announcement. Match more than a name before notifying others. Avoid unsupported medical claims, cause-of-death speculation or private family information.

Can’t Find the Obituary? Try These Search Fixes

Remove the middle name and search only the surname.
Try a nickname, maiden name, former surname or initials.
Switch from one funeral-home location to All Locations.
Use the A–Z filter instead of the date filter.
Widen the death-date or publication-date range.
Check the hometown, church or funeral-home location separately.
Call the handling chapel if the family has made public arrangements but the memorial is difficult to locate.

Remember: Not every death results in a public obituary. Some families choose private services or delay publication.

What an Individual Funeral-Home Tribute Page May Include

Biography

Family-approved life details, dates and memorial text.

Service arrangements

Visitation, memorial, funeral and burial information.

Tributes

Condolences, shared memories and photos when enabled.

Flowers

Flower options or family instructions.

Donations

Family-designated memorial or charitable giving.

Contact details

Funeral-home branch information for questions.

Payment safety: Start from the original funeral-home memorial or the named charity’s own website. Treat unsolicited livestream-payment or urgent donation links cautiously.

Maryland Death Certificate: Eligibility, Fees and Ordering

If you need a certified death certificate instead of a memorial notice, Maryland Department of Health is the statewide government source.

Maryland state fees

Service	Published state fee	Notes
Death certificate	$10	Base Maryland Vital Statistics Administration fee.
Additional death certificate	$12	Same transaction; confirm final total.
Online service surcharge	$13	Internet ordering surcharge.
Optional expedited shipping	$20	Only for eligible online orders.
Death certificate correction	$10	State lists no correction fee within the first year of the event.

Important: Maryland state fees and local health department fees are not identical. Some local offices charge more, have limited access or issue records to funeral homes only.

Who may request a certified copy?

Maryland identifies surviving relatives, authorized representatives, funeral directors responsible for final disposition, and certain applicants with a proven legal need or court order.

A surviving relative may need proof of relationship, such as a birth certificate, marriage certificate or obituary. An authorized representative may need estate documentation or written authorization.

State record coverage

Maryland’s current statewide death-certificate order page directs requests for deaths in 2012 or later to the Vital Statistics Administration. For earlier deaths, the state directs users to Maryland State Archives.

Order a certificate step by step

1. Confirm the death occurred in Maryland.

2. Gather the deceased person’s legal name and death date.

3. Confirm your legal eligibility to receive a certified copy.

4. Prepare identity and relationship documents.

5. Choose state online ordering, mail or a local health department that serves your request type.

6. Review the certificate fee, vendor surcharge and shipping costs before paying.

7. Save the confirmation and follow the official status instructions.

Maryland lists VitalChek as its only authorized online vendor. Other vendors may simply submit the request by mail.

Processing alert: Maryland’s state Vital Records page reports a mail-order backlog of approximately four weeks. Check current processing notices before choosing mail for an urgent request.

Official Maryland Death Certificate Instructions Eligibility, mail applications, authorized online ordering and records coverage. Maryland Vital Record Fee Schedule Certificate prices, additional copies and vendor surcharges. Death Certificate Eligibility Documents Proof of relationship, legal interest and authorized representation.

Local Eastern Shore Vital Records Offices: What Actually Works?

Because Fellows, Helfenbein & Newnam has branches in several counties, the nearest health department is not always the right place to obtain a public-facing certificate.

County	Official location / phone	Current local guidance
Queen Anne’s County	206 N Commerce St, Centreville, MD 21617 410-758-0720	Death certificates issued to funeral homes by appointment. Published local charge: $25 first / $20 additional.
Kent County	125 S Lynchburg St, Chestertown, MD 21620 410-778-1350	Curbside pickup and limited appointments. Fee listed at $25. Vital Records operates Monday–Thursday, with no Friday service.
Talbot County	100 S Hanson St, Easton, MD 21601 410-819-5600	Death certificates available for walk-in customers. Fee $20 first / $22 additional. Published service hours 8 a.m.–noon and 1–4 p.m.
Dorchester County	627 Race St, Cambridge, MD 21613 410-228-3223	State directory specifies death-certificate issuance to funeral homes only.

Useful local shortcut: Do not travel to the Queen Anne’s County office expecting to order a death certificate as a walk-in member of the public. The state directory currently says that office issues death certificates to funeral homes by appointment.

Maryland Local Health Department Vital Records Directory County-specific hours, addresses, prices and service restrictions.

Older Eastern Shore Obituaries and Historical Death Records

Recent funeral-home pages are not complete historical death indexes. For older records, search Maryland State Archives, regional newspapers and local libraries.

Maryland State Archives

The Archives provides historical death record indexes and research guidance. Record coverage varies by county and period.

Older newspaper collections

Search local papers from Easton, Centreville, Chestertown and other Eastern Shore communities. Older death notices can appear under community news rather than an obituary heading.

Family and cemetery records

Church registers, cemetery records and family papers may help when no newspaper notice exists.

Exact-date requests

Archive assistance is easier when you provide full name, possible death year, county, spouse or another relative.

Search older Maryland death records

Identify the county where the death occurred.
Estimate the date or year.
Search the Archives’ death indexes before looking for an individual certificate.
Use the index citation or record series to locate the underlying document.
Ask the Archives for help if older handwriting or index structure makes a match uncertain.

Maryland State Archives research help: 410-260-6487
Email: msa.helpdesk@maryland.gov.

Local history tip: A person may have lived in Easton but died in Baltimore or another Maryland county. Start death-record research with the location of death, not automatically the funeral-home branch.

Maryland State Archives Death Record Guide Historic indexes, county search guidance and research contacts.

Cemetery Records, Veteran Burial and Memorial Benefits

First check the cemetery named in the individual funeral-home memorial. Funeral services and interment may be held in different towns.

1. Open the correct obituary.

2. Find the cemetery or interment section.

3. Verify its exact address and county.

4. Ask the cemetery office about grave locations or visitor rules if needed.

5. For eligible veterans, review the Maryland Department of Veterans and Military Families cemetery program.

Eastern Shore State Veterans Cemetery

6827 East New Market–Ellwood Road
Hurlock, MD 21643

Phone: 410-943-3420.

The state cemetery serves eligible veterans and qualifying family members under applicable burial rules.

Maryland currently lists cemetery gates as open daily from 8 a.m.–4:45 p.m., with extended Memorial Day hours. Interment services normally take place on weekdays rather than weekends.

Potential financial benefit: Eligibility for a state veterans cemetery may reduce burial and cemetery expenses. Fees or service conditions can apply for certain family members and Guard or Reserve cases. Confirm the current category directly with Maryland’s veterans department.

Maryland Veterans Cemetery Eligibility and Hours Burial qualifications, service scheduling, visitor hours and dependent rules. Federal VA Burial and Memorial Benefits National cemetery eligibility, burial allowance, markers and memorial certificates.

Funeral Pricing Rights, License Verification and Complaints

Maryland’s Board of Morticians and Funeral Directors provides a public license verification system for funeral establishments and licensed professionals.

How to verify a funeral establishment

Open the official Maryland license verification tool.
Select establishment verification.
Search the funeral home’s legal name or a few starting letters.
Open the matching record’s details.
Compare the establishment address and license status with the business you intend to use.

Maryland Funeral Establishment License Verification Official searchable license database.

Understand your federal funeral price rights

Ask for funeral price information over the telephone.
Request an itemized General Price List when discussing arrangements in person.
Compare individual goods and services rather than accepting an unwanted package.
Ask which charges come from cemeteries, crematories, clergy or other providers.
Keep a copy of the agreement and payment receipts.

FTC Funeral Rule Federal consumer protection and funeral pricing information.

Correct an Obituary or a Maryland Death Certificate

Obituary error

Contact the funeral home that published the memorial. Provide the exact wrong wording and family-approved correction.

Service schedule error

Contact the handling chapel immediately. Funeral timing and venue details are time-sensitive.

Death certificate error

Use the Maryland Vital Records correction process. A corrected funeral-home obituary does not change the government record.

Older archival record

Ask the Archives about a transcription or indexing problem. Original historical records are not generally rewritten like a current online memorial.

After You Find the Obituary: Practical Checklist

Save the full original funeral-home memorial URL.
Check the deceased person’s identity using more than a name.
Record visitation, service and burial locations separately.
Recheck the Upcoming Services calendar before travelling.
Use family-approved instructions for flowers and memorial donations.
Ask banks, insurers or estate professionals whether certified death certificates are required.
Check veteran eligibility early when military service applies.
Keep funeral contracts, receipts, death records and benefit applications secure.
Ask the funeral director whether Social Security death reporting has been completed.

Use the after-death notification checklist for more next steps.

Related Guides on RecentObituaries.info

Obituary Search Guide

Search memorials by name, date, location and funeral home.

Death Certificate & Vital Records

Understand official records, eligibility and ordering requirements.

How We Verify Obituaries

Source checks and respectful handling of public memorial information.

Veterans Burial & Memorial Benefits

State and federal cemetery, burial and memorial options.

Official Sources Used

Fellows, Helfenbein & Newnam ObituariesOfficial name and location search. FHN Upcoming ServicesFuneral, memorial, visitation and burial schedules. FHN Facilities and DirectionsAddresses and telephone numbers for each listed chapel. Maryland Death CertificatesOfficial eligibility, application and record coverage. Maryland Local Health DepartmentsCounty-specific services, fees and hours. Maryland State ArchivesHistoric death records and indexes. Maryland Veterans Cemetery GuidanceEligibility, cemetery operations and services.

Fellows, Helfenbein & Newnam Obituary FAQs

Where can I find Fellows, Helfenbein & Newnam recent obituaries?

Use the funeral home’s official obituary page at fhnfuneralhome.com/obituaries. Search by full or partial name, date, location or surname letter.

How do I check upcoming funeral services?

Open the official Upcoming Services page, locate the deceased person’s name and open the individual memorial to verify time, place and arrangements.

Where are Fellows, Helfenbein & Newnam funeral homes located?

The official funeral home lists Centreville, Chester, Chestertown and Easton locations. It also lists Fellows Family Funeral Home in Millington, Maryland.

What is the phone number for the Centreville funeral home?

The Centreville location at 408 South Liberty Street lists 410-758-1151.

Which branch serves Chester or Kent Island?

The Chester location is at 106 Shamrock Road, Chester, Maryland, with telephone 410-643-2226. Confirm that it is the handling branch for the individual memorial.

How can I find older Maryland Eastern Shore obituaries?

Check local newspapers, historical libraries and Maryland State Archives. Search the county and approximate death year, then use the appropriate historical index.

How much does a Maryland death certificate cost?

Maryland’s state Vital Records fee schedule lists a $10 death certificate, $12 additional death certificate in the same transaction, and a $13 internet surcharge. Local health department fees vary.

Who may obtain a certified Maryland death certificate?

Maryland permits qualifying surviving relatives, authorized representatives, funeral directors and applicants with a documented legal need. Proof of relationship or legal entitlement may be required.

Can I walk in for a death certificate in Queen Anne’s County?

The Maryland state directory currently says Queen Anne’s County issues death certificates to funeral homes by appointment. Public applicants should check the state ordering route instead of assuming walk-in service.

What burial benefits are available for Maryland veterans?

Eligible veterans and qualifying family members may have burial options through Maryland state veterans cemeteries. Eastern Shore State Veterans Cemetery is in Hurlock. Federal VA benefits may also apply.